Draft gear



May 18 `1926. 1,585,208

H. C. PRIEBE DRAFT GEAR- Filed March 14, 1925 Zmvm' @www 6.151565@ lil Patented May itl, itil-Zta HERMAN C. PREEE, 0F BLUE ESLAND, LLINOS.

DRAFT GEAR.

Application filed March 14, 1925.

My invention relates to railroad car draft gears and particularly to stop lugs employed in conjunction therewith, the invention regi in using these lugs a* a means for assembling the center or draft sills and truck holsters, and also in employing the king pins for uniting opposite stop lugs in unitary structures.

in object of my invention, on the one hand, is to form the lugs separate from one another as proposed in my prior Patent 1,525,885, so that eazh lug` may be riveted io its related sill by power machinery before the lugs are secured together, thereby to assure a most effective, strong and durable union between the lugs and the sills, and to eliminate Weaknesses such as invariably occur as a result of manually riveting the lugs to the sills as is necessary by present known methods and means When the lugs are formed integral with one another, and, on the other hand, to provide formations in or on the lugs cooperating With one another when the lugs are assembled together to provide a sleeve for the reception of a l'ring pin such is usually employed in draft gears of this type for assembling the gear proper `vith a truck.

ln carrying out my invention the opposite stop lugs of a set upon the center or draft sills of a car terminate each in an eye that registers 'with the terminating eye of the other, the common axis of these eyes be ing upright and the eyes together constituting a bearing sleeve for the king pin of the adjacent truck bolster. The king pin thus unites the opposite stop lugs in a unitary structure and the stop lugs thus united serve to assemble the ca r body and truck bolster through the intermediation of the hing pin that assembles the lugs.

My invention Will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. l is a sectional plan view of a structure made in accordance With the preferred embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line fl- B of Fig. i.

The center or draft sills l and 2 are 'assembled in any suitable Way with the body of the car. rl`he draft gear that is interposed between these sills at each end of a car inincludes an inner follower 3 and a yolre.

Elongated motion limiting stop lugs or ,cheek plates 5, 6 are riveted to the inner up- Serial No. 15,623.

right sides of the center sills at each end of the car and are engaged by the inner end of said follower 3 to limit the inward motion of the follower.

The stop lug 5 has an inwardly projecting Wing 7 terminating in an eye 9 `and the stop lug 6 has an inwardly projecting Wing 8 terminating in an eye l0. These eyes register and their common axis is upright to constitute them a bearing sleeve for the bolster lring pin 12, this pin, in turn, serving to unite said stop lugs in a unitary structure.

As illustrated, the center sill structure and the lugs uniting the center sills are also parts of the body bolster which is completed by the addition of Wings 13 secured to and projecting laterally and outwardly from the center sills. The truclr bolster 14: underlies the body bolster, these tvvo bolsters being respectively provided With the complemental members l5, 16 of a center bearing. he king pin l2 passes through the bearing sleeve composed of the overlappingeyes 9 and 10 and also through upright cylindrical or circular holes in the center bearing members and the truck bolster. The resulting structure is compact and of great strength with a minimum of parts.

Having thus described my inventiorn I claim: l

l. In combination With the draft sills of a car; of a draft gear assembled with said sills; two stop lugs for limiting movement of said draft gear; each sill having a stop lug thereon; said lugs terminating in registering eyes arranged to constitute an upright bearing sleeve; a truck bolst r beneath said sills; a center bearing interposed between the sills and truck bolster; and king pin assembling said truck bolster and tenter bearing and also passing through the registering eyes of said lugs to assemble the lugs with the truck bolster and center bearing.

2. The combination with the draft sills of a car; of stop lugs carried by sai-d sills, respectively, said lugs being formeL separate from one another whereby they may effectively be secured individually to said sills and thereafter secured together to provide a unitary structure, each lug having a portion arranged to overlap a portion of the other lug, and a pin removably engageable through said overlapping portions to secure them together.

The combination with the draft sills oiu a car; of stop lugs carried by said sills, respectively, aid lugs being formed separate from one another whereby they may effectively be secured individually to said sills and 'thereafter secured together to provide a ry structure, overlapping ejJe members Y,al by said lugs, respect-ire f, and a pin removably engage-able lhiou;j said eye members to Secure .sain .lugs t 4. As an article of manufacture, a stop lng for use in ear draft gears, comprising a member c1"- less width than the distance loetvceen a pair of draft sills to one of which it is adapted to be secured and having a king pin receiving eye formation adapted to aline with a similar king` pin receiving eye formation in a companion lug.

5. As an article of manufacture, a stop lug for ear draft gears, comprising` a meinher adapted to be secured lengthwise to one of a pair of draft sills, and having a lateral extension shorter than the distance between said sills provided with a king pin reeeiv ingr opening.

ln Witness whereof, l hereunto subserilge my naine.

HERMAN C. PRI El HC. 

